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NASCAR has suspended Kevin Harvick crew chief Rodney Childers for one race and
fined him $20,000 for having a loose lug nut following the Sprint Cup race
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.Childers is the second Stewart-Haas Racing crew chief and fifth overall
suspended under the rule, implemented in May after its co-owner, Tony Stewart,
made critical comments that NASCAR was creating a safety risk by not regulating
that all five lug nuts be tight on the wheel.Childers will miss the race this
weekend at Pocono Raceway. Harvick engineer Dax Gerringer will serve as interim
crew chief for Harvick, and the teams competition director Greg Zipadelli will
provide some support to the team.Lug nuts occasionally come off during a race,
and Childers predicted his suspension when the rule was announced April 25:All
the years of hitting 5, and hardly ever was all 20 on post race. I will sit at
home for a week at some point, he tweeted then.Harvick, who has one win this
year, has accumulated more points than any other driver this year. Joe Gomez
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the others are standard top-tier performers, even if the two Hart Trophy
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the elite 10-team field next year. "We talked about wanting to be disciplined
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PETERSBURG, Fla. CHAPEL HILL, N.C. -- North Carolina coach Larry Fedora sees
his team making plenty of mistakes, even after a pair of last-second wins that
vaulted the 17th-ranked Tar Heels back into the national rankings .Hes trying
to figure out how to fix them entering Saturdays game against No. 25 Virginia
Tech.If we can ever get that accomplished, you would see some fireworks out
there, he said. It would be pretty dang good. And thats the potential of this
football team.Thats the balance for Fedora. His Tar Heels (4-1, 2-0 Atlantic
Coast Conference) sit atop the leagues Coastal Division after rallying to beat
Pittsburgh and then-No. 12 Florida State with scores in the last 5 seconds each
time. But UNC is still spotty on defense, while the offense that has the
potential to sprint past anyone still has moments that Fedora wants to clean
up.Against the Seminoles, for example, it was Elijah Hoods fumble near the FSU
goal line. Fedora said there was some gloom when coaches reviewed film of a
thrilling win.Everybody knows you cant keep living on the edge like that,
Fedora said.The Hokies (3-1, 1-0) are coming off a bye week and bring a tough
defense to face UNCs rolling offense. Virginia Techs offense, a faster-tempo
scheme brought by new coach Justin Fuente from Memphis, has been particularly
sharp in the last two games, rolling to 103 points in lopsided home wins
against Boston College and East Carolina.Virginia Tech is making its first
appearance in the AP Top 25 this season, setting up the first game between two
ranked teams at UNCs Kenan Stadium since 2008.Its great for our fans to take
pride in and get excited about, Fuente said. It may add to more fanfare on the
outside about the upcoming games, but its not something that we draw a lot of
focus on.---Here are things to know about Saturdays Virginia Tech-North
Carolina game:STOPPING THE PASS: UNC quarterback Mitch Trubisky has three
straight 400-yard passing games and is yet to throw an interception this year.
Meanwhile, receiiver Ryan Switzer enters with a two-game ACC record of 30
catches in the Pitt and FSU wins, prompting Trubisky to say that it sometimes
seems its just me and him out there playing catch. Georginio Wijnaldum
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ranks ninth nationally by allowing 264.3 yards per game and 10th against the
pass.HOKIES ATTACK: Virginia Techs offense is taking shape. The Hokies have
scored at least 36 points in every game, the outlier coming when they lost five
fumbles in a 45-24 loss to Tennessee. Junior college transfer Jerod Evans has
started all four games, throwing for 13 touchdowns with just one
interception.DEFENSIVE CONCERNS: The Tar Heels are still up and down on
defense. They struggled for three quarters against Pitt before coming up with
two straight three-and-outs in the fourth quarter to set up the comeback win,
then held FSU to 14 points through the first three quarters before giving up 21
in the final quarter. The players know it, and we are very adamant about
getting those (mistakes) cleaned up, defensive coordinator Gene Chizik said.
Its about time we do it, right?TELLING STRETCH: The Tar Heels are seeking to
become the first repeat Coastal champion since the Hokies did it from 2010-11.
This will be the third game in a critical four-week stretch that could put them
in control of that race, assuming they can win Saturday and then again at No.
10 Miami next week.WEATHER CONCERNS: Hurricane Matthew has been moving north
since early in the week. That could affect game conditions with wind and rain,
depending on the course the storm takes as it continues its trek into Friday
evening.---AP Sports Writer Hank Kurz in Richmond, Virginia, contributed to
this report.---Follow Aaron Beard on Twitter at
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